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Roxana Robinson discusses her book “Georgia O’Keeffe: A Life”

BROADCAST: Sep. 8, 1989 | DURATION: 00:53:51

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Synopsis

Art historian Roxana Robinson discusses and reads from her book “Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life.” Robinson discusses the different eras of painting O’Keeffe went through during her lifetime and the outside forces that inspired these changes in subject matter, such as her attending the Art Students League of New York, her moving to Santa Fe, and her relationship with Alfred Stieglitz. Studs plays “Tosca, Act II: Vissi d’arte, vissi d’amore” - Renata Tebaldi, George London, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (1959).

Details

Broadcast Date
Sep. 8, 1989

Physical Format
1 sound tape reel (ca. 55 min.) : 10 1/2 in.

Duration
53 minutes, 51 seconds

Digital Format
WAV

Ownership
The Chicago History Museum

Language
English

Topics

Literature Visual Arts Feminism, Women, Women's Studies

People

Artists Authors, Writers

Tags

WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Robinson, Roxana--Interviews Robinson, Roxana. Georgia O'Keeffe. O’Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986. Artists--Biography.--United States Women painters--United States--Biography. Women authors, American--20th century--Interviews Audiotapes. Radio programs. Art Institute of Chicago Art Students League of New York Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943 Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916 Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917 Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946 Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986 Landscape painting Feminism and art Gold, Michael, 1893-1967 Rosenfeld, Paul, 1890-1946 Greenberg, Clement, 1909-1994 Morris, George L. K., 1905-1975 Luhan, Mabel Dodge, 1879-1962 Hamilton, Juan

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